Institute land not leased: gov’t
Responding to reported fears among staff that the destruction of a wall at Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute could herald the piecemeal sale of the grounds to adjacent casino operator NagaCorp, the government yesterday chalked the alarm up to a simple misunderstanding. According to the Ministry of ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/institute-land-not-leased-gov%E2%80%99t
Cambodia bourse to get second IPO in April
Taiwanese garment factory Grand Twins International will be the second company to go public on Cambodia’s fledgling stock exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) confirmed yesterday. ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-bourse-get-second-ipo-april
No Government Meetings for International Trade Unions
International buyers and trade union representatives have been unable to meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen or other government officials, despite a request following deadly worker demonstration crackdowns last month. Major international buyers signed on to a joint letter condemning the violence and urging the government ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/no-government-meetings-for-international-trade-unions/1844164.html
Mirach Energy updates on upstream operations in Cambodia, Indonesia
Mirach Energy Limited disclosed Friday that its associate company CPHL (Cambodia) has submitted the final draft of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) for Cambodia offshore Block D to the country’s Ministry of Mine and Energy’s unit Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA) for approval. ...
Rigzone News Staff
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/131886/Mirach_Energy_Updates_on_Upstream_Operations_in_Cambodia_Indonesia
Foreign Minister: Cambodia committed to human rights, democracy
The Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Hong said that Cambodia is committed and willing to improve the country’s human rights and democracy record. Namhong said during a meeting yesterday with Ms. Flavia Pansieri, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OGUzMTA2MmFiNTE
Gender gains lacking: report
Cambodian women are bumping up against a steadfast glass ceiling, according to an annual report by the Cambodian National Council for Women. The report, released yesterday, tracks what the government has done to execute the prime minister’s 16 recommendations regarding women’s access to and engagement in ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-gains-lacking-report
World Bank raises growth forecast for Cambodia in 2014
The World Bank upwardly revised Monday its GDP growth forecast for Cambodia this year to 7.2 percent, up from its October projection of 7.0 percent. In explaining the higher forecast, the bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update pointed to “the expectation of renewed confidence and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YjY5Zjc3MTUwZDg
Cambodia's rice export down 1.6 pct in 7 months
Cambodia exported 204,000 tons of milled rice in the first seven months of 2014, down 1.6 percent from 207,370 tons over the same period of last year, according to official data released on Tuesday. Sixty-four companies have brokered Cambodian rice for 54 countries and regions around ...
ASEAN-China Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-08/14/c_133556101.htm
Smart posts midyear gains
Mobile service provider Smart has outperformed its fellow Axiata Group subsidiaries in the first half of the year, according to the Malaysian conglomerate’s latest financial report. Driven by a 115 per cent increase in data traffic revenue, Axiata’s results show Smart’s gross revenue totalled 270 million ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smart-posts-midyear-gains
Competitiveness ranking slips
A lack of innovation has contributed to Cambodia dropping seven spots on the World Economic Forum’s 2014-15 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), which was released on Wednesday. The Kingdom ranked 95th out of 144 countries, down from 88th in the previous report, according to the GCR. Apart ...
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/competitiveness-ranking-slips
Cambodian telecom firm cooperates with China's Huawei to build 4G network in Cambodia
Cambodian telecommunications company EMAXX signed a contract with China’s Huawei, a global ICT solutions provider, on Wednesday in order to develop EMAXX’s 4G network in Cambodia. The contract was inked between Ai Min, chief executive officer of EMAXX, and Weng Kefeng, deputy general manager of Huawei ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/17/c_133650709.htm
Maid agreement looms
Under an agreement with Malaysia, Cambodian migrant workers will be allowed to hold on to their passports and copies of their contracts but will be banned from any “political activities”, according to a draft version of the document obtained by the Post. The memorandum of understanding ...
Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-agreement-looms
China-aided mine clearance project benefits 1.5 million Cambodian people
A China-aided mine clearance project has cleared over 100 square km land contaminated with mines and explosive remnants of war (eras) in Cambodia, benefiting some 1.5 million people, a senior government official said. ...
Banh: The Khmer Rouge worse than sanctions and pressure Khmer Rouge
Minister of National Defence Tea Banh said on Thursday that having sanctions and external pressure placed on Cambodia was not worse than life under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Tea Banh, who is also deputy prime minister, was speaking to military and ruling party officials ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/banh-khmer-rouge-worse-sanctions-and-pressure-khmer-rouge
King and Queen-Mother depart for routine medical checkup in China
His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, and Her Majesty Queen-Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk departed here this morning for a routine medical checkup in China. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/king-and-queen-mother-depart-for-routine-medical-checkup-in-china-8832
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
![](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/H.E.-Hang-Chuon-Naron-Minister-of-Education-and-Julie-Chung-150x150.jpg)
H.E. Hang Chuon Naron and Julie Chung in the inauguration of the Rice Academy, Cambodia. Photo by U.S Embassy Phnom Penh, take on 17 September 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In 1996, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) was established.1 Its organization and functioning ...
Swiss aid gives $4.6M for farmers
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) yesterday pledged $4.6 million over three years for phase two of an agriculture assistance program that is intended to help small-scale Cambodian farmers in four northern provinces. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/swiss-aid-gives-46m-farmers
Vietnam businesses eyeing the Kingdom
Vietnam businesses are looking to invest in Cambodia but are faced with a shortage of skilled labor and high transportation costs. The Oversea Entrepreneur Forum in Phnom Penh saw over 100 firms meet to discuss potential partnerships. It has also been said that further cooperation ...
Recruiting firm told to close
The Ministry of Labour has been ordered to permanently close the labour recruitment firm T&P following the discovery of more under-age trainees in its Kampong Chhnang centre. The move marks the first time the ministry has shut a labour reruitment firm, and follows intense criticism of ...
Factory bows but strike continues
Workers striking for a second day at a garment factory in suburban Phnom Penh succeeded yesterday in having one of their eight demands met, as Taiwanese-owned Meroson Cambodia Co Ltd agreed to reinstate three employees allegedly fired for joining a union, a union official said ...